Benjamin Disraeli

Parliament voted 305 to 148 to investigate war mismanagement, leading Aberdeen to resign as Prime Minister.

Lord Palmerston formed a new government in February 1855 after Aberdeen's resignation, sustaining a parliamentary majority.

Disraeli tabled the Metropolis Local Management Amendment Bill on 15 June 1858, denouncing the Thames during the opening debate on the proposed amendment to the 1855 Act.

Hot weather in July and August 1858 exacerbated sewage smells on the Thames banks, creating a crisis that pushed Parliament to act on London's sanitation.

Disraeli introduced his own Reform Bill into the House of Commons in February 1867, despite having blocked the Liberal Reform Bill previously.

A demonstration in Hyde Park was banned by the government in May 1867, marking a high point in the reform debates.

By the end of 1868, all male heads of household could vote, as the deemed rentpayer or ratepayer middleman mechanism was abolished.

The Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Improvement Act 1875 was passed in the United Kingdom to permit slum clearance.

Isma'il Pasha sold Egypt's 44% share in the Suez Canal Company to the British government for £3,976,582 to address severe debt.

On 14 November 1875, Frederick Greenwood learned from banker Henry Oppenheim that the Khedive was seeking to sell his Suez Canal shares to a French firm.

Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary met in Berlin in May 1876 to propose measures addressing the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans.

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli rejected the Berlin Memorandum on May 16, 1876.

Gladstone published 'Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East' on 6 September 1876, attacking the Disraeli government's indifference to Ottoman repression.

Parliament passed the Royal Titles Act 1876, officially recognizing Queen Victoria as Empress of India.

The title of Empress of India was proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar on 1 January 1877.

The UK Parliament voted to grant Victoria the title Empress of India, with Disraeli pushing the act through.

Eugene Schuyler visited Batak and other locations to prepare a report on the uprising, published in the Daily News.

Batak's role in the uprising was to take possession of Ottoman storehouses in surrounding villages to ensure provisions for insurgents.

Local rebel committee attacked the Ottoman police headquarters in Koprivshtitsa on 20 April 1876, following decisions taken at Oborishte.

Part of the armed men in Batak, led by voivode Petar Goranov, attacked the Ottomans after the uprising was proclaimed.

Those hidden in the House of Bogdan surrendered on 14 May 1876, as Ahmet Agha had pledged to spare them.

Ottoman paramilitaries destroyed Batak's school and advanced to the door of the Bulgarian Orthodox church Sveta Nedelya on 15 May 1876.

The Congress of Berlin opened on 13 June 1878 at the Radziwill Palace, hosted by Bismarck to revise the Treaty of San Stefano.

In January 1878, following the Ottoman Sultan's appeal, the British government asked Parliament to vote funds to prepare the Army and Navy for potential war against Russia.

Gladstone conducted a massive speaking campaign in 1879–1880, denouncing Disraeli's foreign policies and earning popularity among the working class.

The Liberals defeated Disraeli's Conservatives in the general election held from 31 March to 27 April 1880.

Benjamin Disraeli resigned as Prime Minister on 21 April 1880 following the election defeat.

Gladstone formed his second ministry in June 1880, serving as Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer.